Car-spotting thread

JonF said:
Isn't Macan AWD across all models? That with a set of dedicated snows would flip the script to being mad fun. I run winters on my X3M40 since it came with summer only stock but its never seen snow (yet).
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I'm sure it would handle the snow just fine. But I can't imagine it will be cheap to repair if hit by someone else or I screw up which is always a possibility in the snow.

My semi rational self was also considering an MDX Type-S with Advance package. Sporty, adjustable suspension with Honda reliability and repair pricing. They seem to depreciate heavily the first two years so the $80k car is selling for the low $40's with low miles. Not a truck, but the SH-AWD is supposed to be really good and the air suspension can be raised for the snow.

If a 4Runner didn't drive like such a dog, I'd be done already.
 
Bike N Gear said:
I'm sure it would handle the snow just fine. But I can't imagine it will be cheap to repair if hit by someone else or I screw up which is always a possibility in the snow.

My semi rational self was also considering an MDX Type-S with Advance package. Sporty, adjustable suspension with Honda reliability and repair pricing. They seem to depreciate heavily the first two years so the $80k car is selling for the low $40's with low miles.
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I think the issues with the Honda 3.5 engine has hit the resale of these hard.
 
Bike N Gear said:
How's the RDX? My wife will be test driving a bunch of replacement options for her X3.
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It's great if you can get along with the infotainment control touchpad. If you use AA/ACP then it's pretty much a non issue.

Other than being annoyed ventilated seats require the Advanced package. I was ready to get the base for a negotiated 44K. GF wanted brown leather so got a Tech for 47K. This was a leftover 2024 in 10/2024. Clinton Acura.

They ride fairly firm even in base form, so stayed away from the A-Spec, but I liked they way they looked.

The remote start on the Acura app was pretty terrible up until 6 months ago. They pushed out an update and it seemed to fix the connectivity issue.
 
So what's the opinion on buying a car that was previously a rental? Checking all the local Volvo dealers for CPO's and there are 2023 models available in the colors she'll accept. There are also many many more 2025's for the same price, low miles but they are were all used as rental vehicles.
 
Bike N Gear said:
So what's the opinion on buying a car that was previously a rental? Checking all the local Volvo dealers for CPO's and there are 2023 models available in the colors she'll accept. There are also many many more 2025's for the same price, low miles but they are were all used as rental vehicles.
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The '25 Expedition I just bought was a rental. Figured all the issues that would have happened were already dealt with. It was a Certified Pre-owned from Ford.
 
Bike N Gear said:
So what's the opinion on buying a car that was previously a rental? Checking all the local Volvo dealers for CPO's and there are 2023 models available in the colors she'll accept. There are also many many more 2025's for the same price, low miles but they are were all used as rental vehicles.
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what kind of rental? enterprise or dealer loaner fleet? how many miles? how do you treat your rentals? lots to thinka bout, i would be more inclined to consider it in the case of a dealer loaner than an enterprise or similar use case.
 
Bike N Gear said:
So what's the opinion on buying a car that was previously a rental? Checking all the local Volvo dealers for CPO's and there are 2023 models available in the colors she'll accept. There are also many many more 2025's for the same price, low miles but they are were all used as rental vehicles.
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Yeah the XC40s are plentiful because they are ex-service loaners. I wouldn't be afraid but I'd still check closely for body work. I can't imagine the average Volvo owner is jumping in a service loaner for a day and beating the piss out of it.

They are aggressively priced as there are so many out there. So I'm guessing hard to press them on price. But you never know.
 
shrpshtr325 said:
what kind of rental? enterprise or dealer loaner fleet? how many miles? how do you treat your rentals? lots to thinka bout, i would be more inclined to consider it in the case of a dealer loaner than an enterprise or similar use case.
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The Volvo sites list the used loaners separately. These show up with previous rental use on the car search engines. Most of the Volvo dealers seem to be too cheap to show a free Carfax or Autocheck so not sure who owned them. Running a check locally there are about 30 available at the 3 closest dealers. If I filter out rental use, the number drops to 3 and they happen to be the 2023's instead of the 2025's. Hence the question.
 
Carson said:
Yeah the XC40s are plentiful because they are ex-service loaners. I wouldn't be afraid but I'd still check closely for body work. I can't imagine the average Volvo owner is jumping in a service loaner for a day and beating the piss out of it.

They are aggressively priced as there are so many out there. So I'm guessing hard to press them on price. But you never know.
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This is my thought, we're not talking about a Nissan Kicks from Fox Rental here.
 
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